Here are the three things that you must know to develop iPhone apps:

• Functional Programming in C

• Object-Oriented Programming in Objective-C

• Model-View-Controller (MVC) in Cocoa-Touch

Procedural Programming in C

Many people already know, or think they remember, how to program using the C programming language with functions. This is the world of loops, variables, pointer variables and functions. This is essential Programming 101 stuff and you do need a background in it (or a means to get the background).

Object-Oriented Programming in Objective-C

Object oriented programming (OOP) is something that I have found people either love it or hate it. OOP is meant to help organize our code in a people friendly way but sometimes the ideas used in OOP seem very abstract. This is especially true for people who spend most of their life doing typical C programming. Objective-C is the OOP language that you must know to use the major iPhone framework, Cocoa-Touch.

Model-View-Controller (MVC) in Cocoa-Touch

Cocoa-Touch is the code library on the iPhone that is responsible for all those shiny buttons and user controls that you know and love. MVC refers to a way of organizing your application components at a high level and it is steeped in every part of the Cocoa-Touch frameworks.

There is actually more to it

As with most platforms these days you should also know about HTML, XML and other web related technology. But, these are not essential to creating iPhone apps. C++ is yet another programming language that you will sometimes find used on the iPhone, but again it is not essential and you should spend your whole career without seeing C++ code at all.

Confusing but Powerful

Each technology that you need to learn is not really difficult. But, the fact that all of these things are in play can make them confusing as a whole. Especially, if you only have a dim memory of one or all of the technologies. Once you learn these technologies and how they all relate in iPhone development you find them to be a very powerful tool.

Here is One Place to Learn All 3 Key Technologies

In the latest revision of my ebook (coming out soon) I added material to help you learn all three of these essential technologies. I have also make an effort to only spend time going over exactly what you need to know for the iPhone because I don’t want you wasting a lot of time learning the general details or the details that just relate to desktop or Windows software.

Here is a summerized table of contents for my latest ebook so you can see precisely what I mean:

How to Make an iPhone App

Table of Contents

Before You Start

Part One: Your First iPhone Application!

Part Two: Programming 101

Section One: Procedural Programming in C

Lesson 1: Programming Basics

Lesson 2: Functions

Lesson 3: Variables and Arrays

Lesson 4: Program Flow

Lesson 5: Loops

Lesson 6: Complex Data with Struct

Lesson 7: Putting It All Together

Section Two: Object Oriented Programming in Objective-C

Lesson 1: What is Object Oriented Programming?

Lesson 2: Using Objects and NSString

Lesson 3: More Strings, Lists and the For Each Loop

Lesson 4: Memory Management

Lesson 5: Designing your Own Classes

Lesson 6: Extending Classes with Categories

Lesson 7: Protocols & Key-Value Coding

Section Three: Cocoa-Touch and the Model-View-Controller Design
Pattern

Lesson 1: Model-View-Controller Overview

Lesson 2: Model

Lesson 3: View

Lesson 4: Controller

Lesson 5: A Closer Look

Lesson 7: Exercises

Part Three: App Development Formula

Step 1: Develop Your Product Idea

Step 2: Define Your Project

Step 3: Outline Components

Step 4: Setup Project and Add Files

Step 5: Add the View

Step 6: Finish the To-Do Item Model

Step 7: Finish the To-Do Item List Model

Step 8: Main Table View Controller, Part One

Step 9: Detail View Controller

Step 10: Main Table View Controller, Part Two

Step 11: Create Marketing Materials

Step 12: Add Polish and Shine to Your Application

Part Four: Tips, Tricks and Resources

XCode Tricks

Essential Apple Developer Docs and Source Code

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